hobby, but where were they, telling me that, as I was in the thick of motherhood alone? Did anyone say, “Let us take the baby so you can paint?” No, no one did. Even when the children got older, I was racing around between carlines and extracurriculars. I was wiping noses and holding vomit buckets at three a.m.; I was cooking dinner, maintaining a clean home, and keeping up on the groceries. I was consumed by being a wife and a mother, and there was no room left to be me. And no one cared. Because I was filling everyone else’s cups, and when everyone else was hydrated and happy, they didn’t
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